2014年12月17日，世界著名杂志Nature推出了有关中国科技进展的一期特别增刊“Nature Index: 2014 China”。该刊根据2013年我国科研人员在全球68种主流期刊上发表的论文数测算出自然指数进行排名，评出我国前200名顶尖级研究机构。同时，该刊还发布了生命科学、地球和环境科学、化学、物理学四个学科的自然指数前50名的科研机构名单。

2013

INSTITUTION

WFC

ARTICLE COUNT

2012 WFC

2012–2013 CHANGE IN WFC

1

Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)

1,209.46

2,661

1,119.75

8.0%

2

Peking University (PKU)

275.53

743

209.58

31.5%

3

Tsinghua University

194.87

474

177.74

9.6%

4

Nanjing University

194.57

391

168.10

15.7%

5

University of Science and Technology of China (USTC)

175.73

427

147.75

18.9%

6

Zhejiang University (ZJU)

150.42

289

123.20

22.1%

7

Fudan University

129.23

255

121.36

6.5%

8

Nankai University

113.77

190

85.85

32.5%

9

Wuhan University

98.80

154

74.27

33.0%

10

Jilin University

97.90

179

65.76

48.9%

11

Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU)

95.99

247

80.03

19.9%

12

Sun Yat-sen University

79.41

158

80.04

−0.8%

13

Sichuan University

76.82

130

44.88

71.2%

14

Xiamen University

76.02

142

77.84

−2.3%

15

University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS)

71.18

434

64.84

9.8%

16

The University of Hong Kong (HKU)

70.43

149

50.45

39.6%

17

Lanzhou University

69.99

123

67.58

3.6%

18

East China Normal University (ECNU)

65.56

123

35.55

84.4%

19

Soochow University

65.30

128

55.27

18.1%

20

Dalian University of Technology (DUT)

61.42

104

51.85

18.5%